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Hugh Despard Andrews

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Hugh Despard AWMM
  • Surname
    Andrews AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 10/477 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    9 January 1894 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Levin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Charlotte Andrews, Heatherlea, Levin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10/477 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Hugh Andrews was the son of James D. and Charlotte H. Andrews, of Winchester St., Levin, Wellington. He also served at Gallipoli.

    One of his brothers, Norman Alexander Andrews, also served. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    16 September 1916 AWMM
    Age 23 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM

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  • Great, great, great niece to Hugh. Lovely to see.
    Public - Vanessa - Other relative - 2 June 2017
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  • Poppy laid in memory of a brave soldier who made the supreme sacrifice, from a grateful nation - Medals Reunited New Zealand.
    Public - Ian - Researcher - 10 November 2015
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  • Hugh Despard Andrews Great Uncle killed in action. Served in Gallipoli.
    Public - Louise Hillegers - Other Relative - 25 April 2015
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Sources

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
16 April 2023Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
02 June 2017VanessaGoreOther relative
10 November 2015IanNelsonResearcher
25 April 2015Louise HillegersTaumarunui New ZealandOther Relative

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